Locations
China, Columbia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, USA
Categories
Child/Family
Project leads / PIs
- Jennifer E. Lansford (PI), S. Malcolm Gillis Distinguished Research Professor of Public Policy, Director, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Lansford@duke.edu
Partners
University of Macau, China; Universidad de San Buenaventura, Colombia; University of Naples “Federico II,” Italy; Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Italy; Maseno University, Kenya; Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines; University West, Sweden; Chiang Mai University, Thailand; Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority, UAE
Team members
- Liane Peña Alampay (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, lpalampay@ateneo.edu)
- Suha M. Al-Hassan (Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority, UAE, and Hashemite University, Jordan, suha_al@yahoo.com)
- Dario Bacchini (University of Naples “Federico II,” Italy, dario.bacchini@unina.it)
- Marc H. Bornstein (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, USA; UNICEF, USA; and Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK, bornstem@mail.nih.gov)
- Lei Chang (University of Macau, China, chang@um.edu.mo)
- Kirby Deater-Deckard (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, kdeaterdeck@umass.edu)
- Laura Di Giunta (Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Italy, laura.digiunta@uniroma1.it)
- Kenneth A. Dodge (Duke University, USA, dodge@duke.edu) Sevtap Gurdal (University West, Sweden, sevtap.gurdal@hv.se)
- Daranee Junla (Chiang Mai University, Thailand, daranee.ju@cmu.ac.th)
- Paul Oburu (Maseno University, Kenya, pauloburu@maseno.ac.ke)
- Concetta Pastorelli (Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Italy, concetta.pastorelli@uniroma1.it)
- W. Andrew Rothenberg (Duke University, USA, war@duke.edu)
- Ann T. Skinner (Duke University, USA, askinner@duke.edu)
- Emma Sorbring (University West, Sweden, emma.sorbring@hv.se)
- Laurence Steinberg (Temple University, USA, and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, lds@temple.edu)
- Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado (Universidad de San Buenaventura, Colombia, lilianauribe74@gmail.com)
- Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong (Chiang Mai University, Thailand, saengduean.y@cmu.ac.th)
More Information
Parenting Across Cultures Project Lead: Jennifer Lansford, PhD
Project overview
The Parenting Across Cultures longitudinal study began in 2008 with recruitment of a sample of 1,417 8-year-old children and their mothers and fathers from nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). We have since assessed families annually through interviews with children, mothers, and fathers about the parent-child relationship, the child’s mental health and behavioral adjustment, attitudes and beliefs, and cultural values. The original child participants are now young adults, providing an unprecedented opportunity to understand how childhood and adolescent experiences in this diverse long-term longitudinal study culminate in adjustment during early adulthood.
Related publications
Lansford, J. E., Godwin, J., Rothenberg, W. A., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Junla, D., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Uribe Tirado, L. M., & Yotanyamaneewong, S. (2024). Parenting risk and protective factors in the development of conduct problems in seven countries. Prevention Science, 1-13.
Gorla, L., Rothenberg, W. A., Lansford, J. E., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Breiner, K., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Junla, D., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Santona, A., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., & Uribe Tirado, L. M. (2024). Individualism, collectivism, and conformity in nine countries: Relations with parenting and child adjustment. International Journal of Psychology, 59(4), 598-610.
Gorla, L., Rothenberg, W. A., Lansford, J. E., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Junla, D., Liu, Q., Long, Q., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., & Al-Hassan, S. M. (2024). Adolescents’ relationships with parents and romantic partners in eight countries. Journal of Adolescence, 96(5), 940-952.
Rothenberg, W. A., Skinner, A. T., Lansford, J. E., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Junla, D., Liu, Q., Long, Q., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tirado, L. M. U., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., … Al-Hassan, S. M. (2025). How adolescents’ lives were disrupted over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal investigation in 12 cultural groups in 9 nations from March 2020 to July 2022. Development and psychopathology, 37(1), 325–341.